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Guyana Current Affairs
Ours is a war - Forbes Burnham, Declaration of Sophia, Chapter 8, Para 5, 1974 Massacuraman, Ah so we come! Massacuraman, Ah so we come! / Ah wha we comfa / Ah wha we stanfa / Ah wha we look like / Ah so we com! We pound de fofoo / Drink fofoo water / Eat dry coconut / Add steel drops / Drink coconut waterMassacuraman, Ah so we come! / Ah wha we comfa / Ah wha we stanfa / Ah wha we look like / Ah so we com! Naked 'pon concrete / Shackled together / Slaves together!Massacuraman, Ah so we come! / Ah wha we comfa / Ah wha we stanfa / Ah wha we look like / Ah so we com! Bakku with guilders / Spanish e pesetas / British and de pound / Dem creole we language / But non can conquer!Massacuraman, Ah so we come! / Ah wha we comfa / Ah wha we stanfa / Ah wha we look like / Ah so we com! Half-naked in de blazing sun / Leg-irons branding flesh / Pickaxe 'pon bricks / Bones cracking from stress /Psyches mangled togetherMassacuraman, Ah so we come! / Ah wha we comfa / Ah wha we stanfa / Ah wha we look like / Ah so we com! Jumbie-lash and Black-lash / Gun, cutlass and Stick-lash / Cry Cuffy e Accra / Mek bakku run for coverMassacuraman, Ah so we come! / Ah wha we comfa / Ah wha we stanfa / Ah wha we look like / Ah so we com! © Douglas Cosbert, cosbert.com 2002. All rights reserved. |
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